Table 2

Discrimination accuracy of models across the training and test sets

UKB trainUKB testWHII
N176 61144 1512934
Baseline model
 Age only0.75 (0.75 to 0.75)0.77 (0.75 to 0.79)0.74 (0.69 to 0.78)
UKBDRS
 UKBDRS0.79 (0.78 to 0.79)0.80 (0.78 to 0.82)0.77 (0.72 to 0.81)
 UKBDRS-APOE0.81 (0.81 to 0.81)0.83 (0.81 to 0.84)0.80 (0.75 to 0.85)
Other risk scores
 CAIDE0.60 (0.60 to 0.60)0.60 (0.58 to 0.63)0.69 (0.64 to 0.74)
 DRS0.76 (0.76 to 0.76)0.77 (0.76 to 0.79)0.74 (0.69 to 0.78)
 ANU-ADRI0.57 (0.57 to 0.57)0.57 (0.54 to 0.59)0.52 (0.45 to 0.58)
  • AUCs are reported with 95% confidence intervals indicated in parentheses. 0.9% of the UKB sample had missing data for one variable of the ANU-ADRI score (BMI). Therefore, all individuals with missing data on the ANU-ADRI were first excluded before evaluating the AUC for the ANU-ADRI.

  • ANU-ADRI, Australian National University Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Index; AUC, area under the curve ; BMI, body mass index; CAIDE, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia; DRS, Dementia Risk Score; UKB, UK Biobank; UKBDRS, UK Biobank Dementia Risk Score; WHII, Whitehall II.